Solaris 10 installation problem
I've just downloaded all the ISO images for Solaris 10 and I've burned them to the CD's using Roxio CD Creator, however when I try and boot from disk 1 I get an error
Can't read disk label
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device
This is happening on a Sun Blade 100 and I don't know why. I came to the conclusion that maybe the CD never burnt correctly, so I did another copy - same problem.
I even tried burning the CD using Nero and also downloaded the ISO image again all to no eval.
Has anyone got any ideas as I used the same machine to burn a copy of Solaris 9 and it booted from that CD straight away.
[678 byte] By [
Jamie] at [2007-11-25 22:51:38]
# 1
Same problem has come up here a lot, I had the same problem with Solaris isos, just make sure that when burning the images do it to a very slow speed 8x, 12x, if you do it a faster speed you wont be able to use the media... solaris is very 'special' about this.
On the other hand, are you just copying the images to CD or actually burning the CD from the iso images?
murilloa
# 2
I am burning the CD's at a speed of 8x (as I've run into that problem before) and I'm not copying the files, I'm actually doing an full ISO image burn - that's what doesn't make sense.
if you have any other ideas I would be most grateful as without ordering a media kit I'm not sure what the problem is.
Jamie at 2007-7-5 17:07:06 >
# 3
Long shut but, is any way you can try different media/brand of CD?, maybe your CDrom is not totally compatible with that media.
# 4
Are you sure you burned the disks as format ISO9660 ?
Did you check the md5sum of the files you downloaded ?
Did you use the Sun Download Manager as directed by the
download page ? This will download the file, verify the contents,
and unzip the files for you automatically.
Then you set your Roxio to ISO9660 format and select
Burn CD from Image file
# 5
Hi,
Need advise on burning the Solaris 10 OS on CD.
I using Nero to burn.
1) Is there any setting we have to set on Nero?
2) I am using WINRAR to unzip the file and extract to a temp directory...When doing the burn do i have to burn everything on this temp directory or only the ISO images?
rdgs,
David
# 6
I always use Nero to butn the images... no need for special settings just make sure you burn it to a slow speed.
You need to burn Cd from the .iso image, not the image itself to the CD (there is a difference), select low speed 8x or 12x should do,
Open Nero
Go to > File > Open
Select as image file : iso images
Select the iso image you downloaded
burn
that's it, it should work, boot your machine with the CD and go.
good luck!
# 7
I downloaded the zips from the sun download portal for both solaris 9 and 10 for both sparc and intel (i have both systems running solaris), and I used winrar to unpack the archive. I burnt using nero 6.6 at 40x haven't had any problems.
# 8
I've downloaded the Solaris 10 Sparc CDs, both through the web page and through the Sun Download Manager. Nothing seems to work. I get :
Can't read disk label
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device
I've tried Nero 5.5 and 6.0, Easy CD Creator 5.3.1 and FireBurner on Windows (Following the burn instruction on the Sun Support site). I've also tried Toast on a Mac and CDRecord on IRIX. Still nothing boots.
I've changed media. No difference.
I've change recording speed to slowest possible (2,4 or 8X depending on the application). No difference.
In all these excercises, I've used 3 different burners. No difference.
Failing all of that, I tried installing from my Solaris 9 cds (also downloaded and burned). They work fine.
My system is a 300Mhz Ultra10 with 256 megs of RAM. AFAIK, this should work with solaris 10?
I've also tried the directions at <a href="http://slacksite.com/technotes/devalias.html." target="_blank">http://slacksite.com/technotes/devalias.html.</a>
No difference.
I'm convinced it has something to do with the burning, but I'm at a loss as to what it may be.
# 9
Hi!
I've solved exactly the same problem today. First I updated the Openboot Version of my Sunblade 100. This did not help. Then I just used the command "boot cdrom1" instead of "boot cdrom" at the ok prompt and it worked even with the Solaris 10 DVD.
Unfortunately the installation fails after the boot and before the system should prompt for the install language with the error message "hsfs mount failed...". So I have to search the forum for a solution.
Hope you don't run into the same problem.
Good luck!
# 10
Hi All,
I am facing the same problem. My Blade 100 can not boot Solaris 10 from the CDROM drive. I have upgrade the firmware (2005) to the higest available level.
Still i can not boot the Solaris 10 from cdrom. I tried the
following commands:
ok> boot cdrom
ok> boot cdrom1
ok> boot cdrom2
All attends failed.
The solaris 10 cdroms work fine on four other Sun Ultra 10 / 5 workstations. So i think that the CDROMs are fine.
Who have a idea?
# 11
Hello Willem,
please don't double-post.
Maybe the cd-drive is bad. Have you tried to boot with a CD of a previous version (e.g. Solaris 9) into single-user mode ?
Is the Solaris 10 CD mounted after booting a previous version ?
Use a different cd-drive (even from a PC), if it works the original one is "malfunctioning".
Michael
maal at 2007-7-5 17:07:06 >
# 12
Hi,
I have a big problem with Sol10 boot, on my Ultra 5.
When I type at openboot: boot cdrom, the CD start loading, I see some SUNOS relese text and copyright info and a spinning prompt, but after a while, the prompt stop spinning. Waiting for about 60 sec drop a Timeout error to the console, after 120 sec drop a register dump and reset imediately. I try two different CD and DVD drive and DVD or CD install media, with the same result. Debian is booted and installed correctly, just network interface lack :(
Any suggestions ?
THX : Libus
Libus at 2007-7-5 17:07:06 >
